Central Oregon Wildfire School returns, teaching crucial skills for firefighters ahead of another busy fire season
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KTVZ— SUNRIVER, Ore. (KTVZ) -- For the next several days, Central Oregon Fire Management Service is once again partnering with structural firefighting departments around the region to provide an immersive scenario-based wildland firefighting program designed to increase firefighters’ understanding of wildland firefighting suppression tactics, mutual aid and the dynamics of interagency response in an emerging wildfire
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The Center Square—Oregon State Fire Marshal urges residents to prepare for upcoming wildfire season. (The Center Square) - The Oregon State Fire Marshal is encouraging all of the state's residents to prepare for the upcoming wildfire season. The Fire Marshal wants Oregonians to create defensible space to increase the odds that their homes will survive wildfires, according to a press release from its office. People living in certain parts of the state may receive a $250 payment for getting a free OSFM defensible space assessment. Those eligible for payment can find out more by...
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